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Tennis Tracker: Sinner passes Medvedev in Six Kings Slam, Alcaraz defeats Rune
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Tennis Tracker: Sinner passes Medvedev in Six Kings Slam, Alcaraz defeats Rune

Big names are taking to the pitch across Asia and Europe today to round out their 2024 season in style.

23:52 CET – In the last match of the day in Antwerp and also during the major tournaments, third seed Felix Auger-Aliassime (24) fought back to beat Marton Fucsovics (32) 6-7, 6-4, 6-2 to advance advance to the quarter-finals.

View all results from Antwerp here.

23:30 CET – 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams, 43, has revealed she has had a cyst the size of a grapefruit removed from her neck and is doing well as she recovers.

Read the full story here.

22:00 CET – In the final match of the day in Stockholm, fourth seed Tommy Paul (27) defeated Laslo Djere (29) 6-2, 7-6 to advance to the quarter-finals.

View all results from Stockholm here.

21:29 CET – Carlos Alcaraz (21) has brushed aside Holger Rune (21) to win 6-4, 6-2 in the Six Kings Slam exhibition event in Saudi Arabia.

Alcaraz follows Jannik Sinner (23) to the second round, the semi-finals – the Italian previously defeated Daniil Medvedev (28) 6-0, 6-3.

In the last four, Sinner will face Novak Djokovic (37), while Alacraz will face compatriot Rafael Nadal (38).

21:00 CET – Top seed Alex De Minaur (25) has advanced to the last eight in Antwerp after beating Roberto Carbellas Baena (31) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.

The Australian will then compete against Hugo Gaston (24) from France.

20:08 CET – Moving to Sweden and a man who was not included in the ‘Six Kings’, second seed Casper Ruud (25) is through to the quarter-finals in Stockholm after beating Lorenzo Sonego (29) 6-3, 7-6.

Ruud will then compete against Tallon Greekpoor (28).

19:56 CET – Jannik Sinner (23) won the opening match of the Six Kings Slam by beating Daniil Medvedev (28) 6-0, 6-3.

18:05 CET – Paula Badosa’s (26) fantastic second half of the season continues, with the Spaniard fighting back to beat Xiyu Wang (23) 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-2 in Ningbo.

18:02 CET – Just under half an hour before the first Six Kings Slam starts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with Jannik Sinner (23), Carlos Alcaraz (21), Novak Djokovic (37), Daniil Medvedev (28), Holger Rune (21) and Rafael Nadal (38) – who is participating in his penultimate event – ​​will compete for the title, which comes with a whopping six million dollars for the winner.

As it is not an official ATP event, no ranking points are offered. However, each player receives one and a half million dollars for their performance alone.

World No. 1 Sinner faces Medvedev in the first match of the tournament, which will then be followed by Alcaraz vs Rune.

The winners of those matches will advance to the semi-finals, where Djokovic and Nadal – who both received byes – await.

17:45 CET – Italian Matteo Berrettini (28) was stunned by world number 317 Dominic Stricker to lose 6-7(6), 4-6 in Stockholm.

Tallon Greek Spoor (28), however, had fewer problems and defeated Jacob Fearnley (23) 7-6(0), 6-3.

4:00 PM CET – Stan Wawrinka (39) rolled back the years with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over sixth seed Brandon Nakashima (23) in Stockholm.

15:12 CET – Mirra Andreeva (17) had little trouble getting through in Ningbo, beating Tamara Korpatsch (29) 6-4, 6-0.

Meanwhile, Robert Bautista-Agut (36) and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (25) both took victory in Antwerp and Stockholm respectively.

13:39 CET – Alejandro Tabilo (27) came through in Almaty, but Borna Coric (27) was dumped out by Gabriel Diallo (23).

13:36 CET – Daria Kasatkina (27) fought from a set down against Katerina Siniakova (28) to earn a 1-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory and advance to the quarterfinals in Ningbo.

11:21 CET – Tomas Machac (24) continued where he left off after his semi-final last week in Shanghai, edging past Timofey Skatov (23) 6-3, 6-4.

Meanwhile, Yue Yuan (26) won on home soil in Ningbo, beating Ajla Tomljanovic (31) 6-4, 6-2.

10:02 CET – Karolina Muchova (28) was involved in a real battle in the second set, but eventually defeated the talented Czech Olivia Gadecki (22) 6-3, 7-5 in Ningbo.

09:43 CET – There are already a bunch of results from Asia, with all of today’s last 16 matches coming to an end in Osaka. Suzan Lamens (25), Eva Lys (22), Clara Tauson (21) and Aoi Ito (20) won the quarter-finals.

In Kazakhstan, Aleksandar Vukic (28) and Francisco Cerundolo (26) were the first two winners of the day, while in Ningbo Yulia Putintseeva (29) defeated Ella Seidel (19) 6-4, 6-4.

Casper Ruud (25), Alex de Minaur (25) and Paula Badosa (26), among others, will be in action all day, while the Six Kings Slam event will make its debut in Saudi Arabia later in the evening.

Daniil Medvedev (28) will face world number 1 Jannik Sinner (23). 6:30 PMbefore Holger Rune (21) takes on Carlos Alcaraz (21) in two tough quarter-finals.

09:32 CET – Hello and welcome to Flashscore’s live coverage of today’s tennis!